Weathered Georgia Blues And a Don't Worry Club
A collage of verses notes longing for past summers and Georgia fields as modern heat and change dull the sunlit mood. The pieces contrast rural life, music, and memory with shifts in ownership and daily worry.
Punctuality and Procrastination Across Miscellany
A collage of excerpts and quotations depicts punctuality as admired yet mocked by everyday life. The piece contrasts a man who is never late with the irony that those who promise to meet him are often delayed, juxtaposed with verse and prose from Wilcox and Brooklyn Life about daily habits, speech, and ambition.
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Somerville Journal
Steel Roadway Sketch Promises Low Maintenance Costs
The article describes a steel roadway section with a steel channel riveted to angle irons forming an eight inch flat rail bed. Joints on cross ties maintain spacing, cement fills support, and a shallow flange prevents derailment while allowing turning. Europe’s Valencia steel road shows low repair costs and long life.
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Europe
Grao
Valencia
Spain
How to Manage a Man Perfectly Says a Little Woman
A Chicago Chronicle gossip piece recounts a humorous method by a church woman to influence her husband. Using subtle social tests, she engineers situations where his reactions reveal his tastes and she then guides purchases or plans. The tale ends noting men are inherently contrary yet easily steered.
Cows Suffer in Drought as Green Food Gains Ground
The Jersey Bulletin notes drought hardships on cows, especially Jerseys, as grazing fails and milking drops. It praises rising use of green feed to supplement pastures and lessen animal suffering during dry spells.
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Jersey
Jersey Bulletin
Fruits Grow All On One Tree Says Maryland Man
George Febrey near the College of St. James in Washington county reports a plum tree that bears not only plums but peaches almonds apricots and nectarines. He grafted an almond branch to the plum tree which now bears peaches and apricots. He also bored an elm and inserted a Concord grapevine that grew and fed on elm sap producing grapes.
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Washington
Jack
George Febrey
College of St. James
Washington County
Concord
Baltimore Sun
Vase and glass case spark in witty Philadelphia brief
Mrs Woody boasts of a successful shopping day and securing an expensive vase. Mrs Pepprey corrects the term vase, noting the item will be kept in a glass case, in a light Philadelphia press exchange.
Cautious Man Brown-Did You Notice Smiths Black Eye
Dialogue excerpt shows Brown asking about Smiths black eye while Robinson declines to comment. Boston Tran script captures a cautious stance and a brief exchange on visible injuries.
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Brown
Smith
Robinson
Boston Transcript
Nebraska the Land of Plenty promotional notice
A promotional piece extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with easy terms, urging readers to request The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklets. It advertises cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to visit Nebraska and inspect opportunities.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
West
Col. Jones’s ill fated squib ends in a clash
In Genoa Ohio Col N S Jones who runs a probate court matrimonial bureau tries writing a newspaper squib. His first item praises Seth Bennett and claims he licked his wife leaving Bennett seeking redress. Jones loses his paper job and bears lingering scars from the failed literary start.
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Col. N. S. Jones
Probate Court
Genoa
Country Weeks
Toledo Bee
Seth Bennett
Seth
Paper
Proprieter Out For Lunch Leaving Awful Meat Complaint
A patron in the Philadelphia Press describes the dining room scene as the meat is awful and seeks the proprietor. The waiter replies that the proprietor has gone out to lunch.
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Philadelphia Press
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertising blurb offers Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee from druggists. The price is 25 cents. The copy promotes fast relief and a refund if ineffective.
Dinner in Honor of Judge Courtwright Noted
A Chicago Evening News item spots a restaurant scene where a waiter confirms the guest of honor, Judge Courtwright, as a dinner in his name is planned. The playful line hints at tributes within a restaurant setting.
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Judge Courtwright
Chicago Evening News
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Morals Memo Quote
An 1870s styled advertisement blurb promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use at 75 cents and Beeman's Pepsin Gum to aid digestion. Ram's Horn quotes urge perseverance and self-authenticity, while claims about dye resistance and druggists selling Putnam Fapress Dygs appear in brief sponsor-like lines.
The Dewey Homestead Birthplace Shrine and a Peruna Letter
The article notes the Dewey birth house at its present site since 1890 and its owners, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Gordon, who keep it open to visitors. It includes a testimonial letter from Gordon praising Peruna for his wife's catarrh relief and urging readers to request a free Peruna book.
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George Dewey
Dewey
Edward Dewey
T. R. Gordon
Gordon
Peruna Medicine Co
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